S Dinakar

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Oil companies breathe easy as Saudi cuts LPG price
Rediff.com10 Nov 2025

Saudi Arabia's steep cut in LPG benchmark prices has pushed India's household LPG...

Have Climate Summits Lost The Mojo?
Rediff.com8 Nov 2025

How the UN's flagship climate summit lost its direction and what's at stake.

US Sanctions May Not Stop Russian Oil Flow To India
Rediff.com4 Nov 2025

Sanctioning Russian oil would have led to a sharp surge in oil prices to above $80 per...

Return of coal threatens India's emission commitments
Rediff.com29 Oct 2025

India's new climate pledge to the UN could be weakened by its growing use of coal, even...

India's energy sector battles taxes, global turmoil
Rediff.com13 Oct 2025

India's brittle energy security is inextricably linked to two opposing paradigms -...

Power sector CO2 emissions fall for second time in 50 Years
Rediff.com25 Sep 2025

India's power sector CO2 emissions fell in H1 2025 for the first time in nearly 50...

India's Oil Reforms Aim To Counter US, EU Pressure
Rediff.com28 Aug 2025

The government has no say in where the country's refiners source oil from because these...

Trump Tantrum: 'Present Moment Difficult For India'
Rediff.com20 Aug 2025

'Geopolitically and diplomatically it's a very difficult situation for India.'

India looks to bet big on foreign drillers
Rediff.com21 Jul 2025

India, the biggest contributor to world demand for oil, will bring into effect in an...

Indian refiners target cheaper US LPG imports with help from China tariffs
Rediff.com5 May 2025

Chinese import tariffs have unwittingly come to India's assistance to help boost...

India could double US energy purchases this year to offset tariff threat
Rediff.com24 Apr 2025

India's purchase of US crude oil has picked up in 2025 and could easily double their...

'Consumers should not pay higher taxes for clean technologies'
Rediff.com7 Apr 2025

'We are not asking for incentives, but at least taxation can be aligned such that the...

'Trump uncertainty will not affect India investment'
Rediff.com17 Mar 2025

'There is no linkage as far as the Indian power-generating business is concerned.'

'Trump's Gaza-Ukraine Resolution to Benefit India'
Rediff.com13 Feb 2025

'Geopolitical stability could remove the crude oil risk premium.'

Despite Sanctions, India's Russian Oil Imports Surge
Rediff.com1 Feb 2025

Russian shipments averaged 1.67 million barrels per day in January compared to 1.48...

India's Crude Imports Could Face Problems in 2025
Rediff.com9 Jan 2025

However, copious oil supplies amid growing global output and slowing Chinese oil...

COP29: India, developing world face EU resistance to climate finance
Rediff.com19 Nov 2024

Talks on global climate finance virtually ground to a halt last week at COP29, the...

India to award leases to top up strategic oil reserves amid Gulf tensions
Rediff.com17 Oct 2024

State-owned Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL), which operates India's...

Saudi oil supply rebound gives India bargaining power
Rediff.com3 Oct 2024

A resurgence in Saudi Arabian supplies of crude oil to India coupled with an attack on...

Crude imports from US rebound as Russia sanctions get tighter
Rediff.com12 Sep 2024

Even as Russia and West Asia have been slugging it out for market share in India to...